The husband and wife of Ferrers Close, Tile Hill, were joined in their efforts to keep the pair as slaves by their daughter Anastasia Hitt and Hitt's partner Ian Healy.

Jean Kelly, who was seen as the ringleader, was found guilty of crimes including conspiracy to imprison, inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent, assault and offences under the Modern Slavery Act of requiring the two victims to perform forced or compulsory labour.

The 53-year-old and her family members will be sentenced today at Warwick Crown Court.

Our crime reporter Ben Eccleston will bring you live updates from the sentencing hearing which you can follow below:

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Lesser sentence

Sentence handed down

Michael Kelly and Healy have both been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

16:35

Judge seen little remorse

Judge Potter says that while he has been told that Michael Kelly has shown remorse, he has “seen very little of that”.

He is now laying down his sentences to Michael Kelly and Ian Healy.

16:22

Defendants "enthusiastic"

Judge Potter says that during the trial Michael Kelly was referred to as a “physical enforcer” and that’s certainly how his wife viewed him.

He then tells Healy that although he was controlled by the instructions of Jean Kelly, and to a lesser extent Anastasia Hitt, he showed an “enthusiasm” to his role.

Hitt is told by the judge that she was “enthusiastic” about keeping the younger victim imprisoned at her flat as she was a “direct beneficiary” of what was her basically her being used as “free 24-hour childcare”.

16:14

"Sustained period of imprisonment"

The judge tells Michael Kelly that he was the first of the defendants to “act in a violent manner” towards the victims when he attacked the daughter.

He says that the daughter was the victim of “a sustained period of imprisonment” at Healy and Hitt’s flat in Wyken.

Both victims had suffered “serious injuries” at the hands of the defendants, the judge added.

16:10

Exploitation for sordid ends

Judge Potter is back in court and addressing the defendants.

He tells Healy, Hitt and Michael Kelly that “all three of you played an active part” in the “barbaric” treatment of the two victims.

He adds: “You did not seek to empathise with them. You sought only to exploit them for your own sordid ends.”

15:55

Judge considering sentence

Judge Potter has taken a short adjournment while he contemplates the remaining sentences to be laid down.

15:52

Proposed suspended sentence

Mr Bell says that one expert has said Hitt would benefit from therapy and he has put forward the prospect of suspending her sentence to allow her to gain help.

15:51

Hitt free from mother

Mr Bell says that Hitt suffers from emotionally unstable personality disorder, as well as having borderline personality disorders.

He tells the court now that Hitt is having some time away from her mother’s “sphere of influence”, she is beginning to feel notions of “freedom”.

He adds: “She sees this as an opportunity.

“While wishing this hadn’t happened, she sees it as an opportunity to put distance between her and her mother.”

15:41

Hitt "manipulated"

Next to speak is Anthony Bell, on behalf of Hitt, who says that she was “manipulated” by her mother throughout her childhood.

He accepts that she would have been able to “resist” her mother’s manipulation at the time of the offences - when she was in her early 20s - more than when she was a child, but says that is a major part of the “background” to the case.

15:37

Healy "used" by Kelly

Miss Miller says that Healy “did not actively seek out these defendants” and Jean Kelly “stimulated” his anger by discussing topics such as theft and her own health.

She says Jean Kelly used Healy to carry out the punishments on the victims as she was unable to do it all herself.

The court also hears that Healy has had his four children taken out of his care by social services due to his offences in this case.

15:32

Mental health issues

Wendy Miller, who represents Healy, is now speaking and says that Healy’s guilty pleas were entered on a basis of him only carrying out four attacks on one of the victims.

One of those assaults involved a piece of wood.

Miss Miller says that a psychiatric report states that Healy had a “traumatic and violent childhood” and began suffering from mental health issues at the age of nine.

15:24

Previous convictions

Turning to previous convictions, the court hears that Ian Healy has offences of commercial burglary, theft, drug offences and motoring offences against his name.

There is also a burglary for which he is also due to be sentenced for today.

The incident was at the Willenhall Social Club in December 2017 and Mr Russell says Healy was only an “accomplice” and not the “principal offender”.

Anastasia Hitt only has one conviction on her criminal record for a drug offence.

15:23

Prosecutor returns to court

Mr Russell is back in court and the sentencing hearing is back underway.

He says that Anastasia Hitt faced another indictment, which included two drug offences, and Mr Russell has officially offered no evidence.

Judge Potter has therefore returned verdicts of not guilty on that indictment.

15:02

Hearing adjourned for a short while

The hearing has been adjourned for a short while as the prosecutor in the case, Graham Russell, is currently dealing with a case in another court.

We hope to be back up and running as soon as possible.

14:54

Authentic remorse

Mr Singh says that Michael Kelly has shown remorse that is “authentic”.

“He has not sought to diminish his role in any way.

“He has wholeheartedly accepted the Crown’s case and not sought to take issue with it whatsoever,” he says.

He adds that Michael Kelly was the primary carer for his wife and was “not the controlling mind in this conspiracy or the actions that took place”.

14:47

No full credit for plea

Mr Singh is currently discussing the merit of giving Michael Kelly as much credit as possible for this guilty pleas.

He says his “candour” meant that witnesses did not have to give evidence in court against him.

Judge Potter says he is aware that Michael Kelly did enter guilty pleas but is not willing to give him a credit of a third off his sentence.

14:36KEY EVENT

Hearing resumes

The sentencing hearing has resumed and Talbir Singh, for Michael Kelly, is addressing the judge.

He says: “Nobody ought to be treated as the mother and daughter did in this case.”

He also says it was a “very serious and complex case”.

14:15

Small delay

The court is running slightly behind.

We are due to start the sentencing again shortly.

13:13

Sadistic violence

Mr Russell again reiterated the relationship between the victims and the Healys prior to the offences in January and February 2017.

He says that the violence began after the younger victim falsely admitted to stealing money from Jean Kelly, which she did “through fear”.

That victim was attacked by Michael and Jean Kelly before being locked in her flat and was then told she was being taken to Hitt’s flat in Wyken, the prosecutor says.

The court hears that some of the violence suffered by the victims was “sadistic”.

The hearing has now been adjourned for lunch and will sit again from around 2pm.

13:11

Victims passports held

Michael Kelly kept the passports and money of the victims in a safe at his home, Mr Russell says.

“He was mainly responsible for locking the mother in her flat at night,” the prosecutor adds.

He also says that Michael Kelly was “directed” by his wife.

Mr Russell says that Ian Healy accepts locking the older victim in her flat “on a number of occasions”, again on the directions of Jean Kelly.

13:08

Other members being dealt with

Graham Russell is now opening the case against the three other defendants.

He says Anastasia Hitt had a “supervisory” role compared to her mother, Jean Kelly, in keeping the youngest victim imprisoned.

He says Hitt also hit the other victim twice but did not go to the “extremes that her mother advocated”.

12:43KEY EVENT

Kelly jailed

The judge has handed down sentence handing Jean Kelly a 14 year custodial term

12:42

Daughter's trauma

The judge says that when the two victims were freed from their imprisonment by police, the daughter was “so frightened of you and your family that she set to blame her mother for her injuries rather than identifying the true culprits.

“And only when away from the property was she able to unburden herself.”

12:37

Jean Kelly "the ringleader"

During the trial the jury heard recordings of conversations between Jean Kelly and Anastasia Hitt that were recorded on Hitt’s phone.

In one of them, Jean Kelly referred to the victims as “scum of the earth” and said they didn’t deserve to live.

Judge Potter says he believes that Jean Kelly was effectively the ringleader in the abuse.

12:36

Kelly blamed victims

Jean Kelly also blamed fits that she suffered on the victims and used that to try to”justify” the beatings they suffered, the judge says.

The daughter was also accused of stealing which Jean Kelly used again to justify the “brutal treatment” they received.

“She was so desperate to agree with you to avoid further beatings that she simply admitted to thieving in the hope that you would treat her better,” says the judge.

“She was sadly and crudely mistaken.”

12:34

Victims were malnourished

When the victims were freed from their imprisonment, one of them was suffering so badly from malnutrition that doctors feared she would not be able to eat food in the normal manner due to the treatment of her.

Judge Potter tells Jean Kelly: “Your maltreatment also included sustained beatings by you and your being aware of attacks by your husband and Ian Healy.

12:32

Manipulation and control

The judge says that Jean Kelly’s behaviour on that holiday “provided an insight” into how she planned to “manipulate and control” the victims.

He says that the offences against the two women included Jean Kelly “restricting their access to their own flat, their ability to wash and clean, and to feed themselves”.

The daughter was so hungry that she took to eating dry pasta and even taking food from the bin, the judge says.

12:19

"Profoundly shocking"

Judge Potter says: “The fact that human beings in Great Britain can be treated like this by other members of a civilised community is profoundly shocking.”

He says it was “obvious” to Jean Kelly that the victims were vulnerable.

Speaking of a holiday that Jean Kelly went on with the older of the two victims in the autumn of 2016, the judge says she was “abusive towards her and hit her on a number of occasions” and her behaviour “mirrored” that which would occur in the early part of 2017.